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will be remembered that some time ago they applied to the Courts for an injunction to prevent him from flying over their land and houses. They have now, however, limited their demand to the prohibition to travel in the air over their property at a lower altitude than 200 metres. Mr. Farman, however, refuses to accept that limitation, and consequently the case will be argued before the Court. Flying to Lunch. FIVE aviators in training at Pau, including three military officers and one naval officer, decided the other day to fly from the aerodrome to Tarbes, some 20 miles away, and partake of lunch there. Lieut. Malherbe, Naval Lieut. Conneau, and M. Morin reached the rendezvous as arranged, but their two friends lost their direction, and although they eventually arrived, were too late for lunch. Juvisy to Issy and Back. TAKING advantage of the calm weather, Vedrine, on the 24th ult, left Juvisy at 3 o'clock in the afternoon and landed at Issy-les- Moulineaux twenty-one minutes later, having circled the Eiffel Tower on his way. After a rest of three-quarters of an hour he once more mounted his machine and set out on the return journey, land ing safely in front of the Goupy shed at Juvisy after a flight of 25 mins. A Baby Farman. ON the 24th ult. Mr. Henry Farman was testing a new machine which has just been built and which only has a supporting surface of fourteen square metres designed to carry a load of 3okilogs. per square metre, which it is claimed is a record. Further details of this interesting machine will be awaited with considerable interest. Tabuteau to Try a Monoplane. ALTHOUGH he has achieved considerable success on a biplane Tabuteau is determined not to stop there, and so has migrated to Pau, where, under the guiding hand of Aubrun, he is learning to manipulate a Morane monoplane. Prince de Nissole a Pilot Aviator. USING his Tellier monoplane, fitted with an R.E.P. engine, the Prince de Nissole succeeded in making the necessary tests in order to secure a pilot aviator's certificate on the 25th ult. On the same day the Tellier monoplane, also fitted with an R.E.P. engine, bought by the Russian Government, was being tested by Becue. M. Vedrine, who has been making such fine flights at Issy on the Goupy biplane. FEBRUARY 4, 1911. Vidard Flies to Chalons and Back. WISHING to visit some friends of his at Mourmelon, Vidard, on Sunday afternoon, on his Gnome engined Deperdussin monoplane, flew from Betheny to Chalons, passing over Rheims on the way. Later in the day he returned to Betheny, passing over Scheiber and Courcy. Vedrine's Cross-Country Trips. ONE of the best performances so far of Vedrine on his Goupy biplane was the circuit of 250 kiloms. across country which he covered on Friday of last week. Leaving Juvisy at twenty minutes to nine he steered in the direction of Melun, where he landed thirty-five minutes later. At half-past ten he was once more in the air, this time winging his way to Chartres, the 65 kiloms. being traversed in fifty-three minutes. After a few minutes' stop there, he set off for Versailles, but the necessity for making a slight adjust ment caused him to land at La Verriere. Quickly putting matters right he rose again and flew over to M. Paulhan's headquarters at St. Cyr, from where, after a short rest, he started off on the last stage of his journey and landed at Juvisy at half-past three. French Student Pilot-Aviators. Six of the students from French State Schools, which the Ligue Nationale undertook to see instructed in aviation, have now qualified for their pilot-aviator's certificate. These are MM. Harle, Grezaud, Schlumberger, and Peloux from the Polytechnic School, M. Leyat from the Central School, and M. Carles from the Colonial School. In addition to these a student from the School of Roads and Bridges, and another from the School of Mines are undergoing training. High Flying at Pau. ON Saturday, Lieut. Rose left the Bleriot School at Pau and passing to the north of the town flew to Aire-sur-l'Adour, about 50 kiloms. away, and he arrived back at Pau after an absence of I hr. 18 mins. The barograph on the machine showed that an altitude of 1,100 metres had been reached. On the same day Lemartin flew over the town at a height of 1,500 metres. Pau to Biarritz. USING his Bleriot monoplane Morin left Pau at 4 o'clock on Saturday last in the direction of Biarritz, where he landed one hour and three minutes later. The distance covered was no kilometres, and during the trip an altitude of about 700 metres was maintained. Wireless Telegraphy on Aeroplanes. CONTINUING the series of tests with wireless telegraphy which are being made at Buc, on Maurice Farman biplanes, messages were successfully transmitted on the 23rd ult. over a distance of 12 kiloms., and it is believed that it would have been possible to transmit them over a distance of between 40 and 50 kiloms. Count la Baume Pluvinel was a passenger on the biplane and in charge of the transmitting apparatus. It is now proposed to fit the machine with a receiving instrument and endeavour to pick up messages in addition to sending them. L£on Morane Better. AT last Leon Morane has got over all his troubles consequent upon the injuries sustained during his fall last autumn, and the doctors hope that in six months time he will be completely restored to health. After making satisfactory progress for some time his case suddenly became serious a few weeks ago, owing to a clot of blood forming and threatening the lungs. This, however, has since been dispersed, and the aviator is now out of bed and able to get about a little on crutches. All interested in aviation will join with us in wishing him a speedy recovery. The Death of Picollo. FURTHER particulars regarding the death of Picollo at San Paulo, Brazil, are now to hand from his mechanician, Paul Rugere. It appears that the aerodrome was a very small one indeed, and, on landing from one of his flights, Picollo vaulted out of the machine, intending to hang on and so bring it to rest in the manner adopted by Leblanc. Unfortunately he stumbled and fell under the machine and his head was caught by the lower end of the mast to which stay wires were attached. The injuries sustained were so serious that Picollo died within a short time. Monoplane Mails in Madagascar. ON the 25th ult., at Pau, Raoult made a cross-country trip of about two hours' duration, which was stated to be the last flight 98
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